The NUANS report reserves the proposed name for 90 days. The complete report, whether an original or fax copy, must be submitted with the registration details and must be less than 91 days old.

You do not need a NUANS report when your out-of-province corporation has a number name (assigned by its home province or country) or was formed under the Canada Business Corporations Act.

If another corporation feels your corporation’s name is too similar to theirs, they can file an objection with the Registrar of Corporations. If the Registrar agrees with the objection, your corporation can be forced to change its name.

Step 2. Appoint an attorney for service in Alberta

The attorney will represent your corporation in Alberta and can accept service of legal documents at an address in the province.

The attorney does not have to be a lawyer. It could be the Alberta manager of your extra-provincial corporation, or an accountant.

Step 3. Gather supporting documents

You will need to gather copies of your charter or formation documents.

These documents include one of the following:

a statute, ordinance or other law incorporating an extra-provincial corporation

letters patent of incorporation and any supplementary letters patent

memorandum of association, including changes to the memorandum

any certificate, licence or other instrument that provides proof of incorporation and all changes to those documents

if the charter is from outside Canada and has not been written in English, you’ll also need to provide a notarized translation of the documents

proof of current corporation status in your home registration; this is usually a document issued by the Corporate Registry office in your home jurisdiction

These documents must be certified by a:

company official

notary public

government official

Step 4. Fill out the forms

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